2011 counterfeiting case concludes with plea deal

3:14 AM,
Feb. 22, 2013

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A 2011 investigation into a Grove City man selling counterfeit merchandise at a Central Center store resulted in a plea agreement Thursday in Ross County Common Pleas Court.

Basil T. Said, of Hoover Court in Grove City, pleaded guilty to three counts of trademark counterfeiting and two counts of criminal simulation. As part of the deal, two of the counterfeiting charges were amended from fifth-degree felonies to first-degree misdemeanors, the same as the other charges.

Assistant Prosecutor Jeff Marks will recommend at sentencing that Said serve 30 days in the Ross County Jail, pay a ...